All the random semi-relevant questions I'm curious about

I don't know which category to put them in so I'm just putting them here, consider it as a form of random/fun quiz.

When do you exercise? morning or night? I've heard it's bad at night but that's when I have time...

Do you wear gloves for household chores? I usually don't and my manicures are always ruined afterward, so I wonder if I should maybe start wearing gloves...

Do you wear overnight mask/treatment? I don't mean the kind that's like a moisturizer, but things like hair mask or facial mask that have a possibility of smearing on your pillow case, how do you do that without waking up with hair mask on your face?

What do you use with body scrubs? your bare hand? because by the time I get through half of my body, my palms/hands start to get...*too* polished and hurts/is a bit sensitive. Do you use a glove on your hand? puffs? towel? with the scrub

Do you use any body toning products, or stuff for cellulites/stretch marks? what do you use and do they work? do they stop working after you use them (if yes, then there's really not much point, no?)?

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1) For me exercise is usually a good walk at lunch time 3-4 times a week for close to an hour. This is at lunch time, although sometimes the time might really be 3pm. I will also do the free step program on my Wii. With a long work day and a knee that I'm working hard to avoid having to replace, I can't do too much that is high impact. Since they took out two treadmills at work to replace (but somehow forgot the replacements), it's great that I can walk outside.

2) I keep a box of disposable gloves around. I don't always use them when washing a few dishes but defintely with chemicals. Heavy cleaning is done by someone else. (See aforementioned crazy job and a husband who had one, too.)

3) I don't use one. I still feel icky at night due to night sweats, so pillowcases and sheets get changed frequently and I always wash well I'm the morning. I would like to try a face mask.

4) I use a puff with my normal shower gel. I just decided that the old one would be good for scrubs, but when I tried I felt like the scrub was getting lost in the puff. So I still used my hands and then used the puff. I only use one about once every two weeks and I guess it's not enough to bother my hands. I use a scrub on the hands itself at least as often if not more and I use hand cream several times a day.

5) I don't use one. Keeping my face looking reasonable and my arms and legs feeling soft and not too dry is plenty to keep up with. The rest is just part of life for me.

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1. Exercise...ah-ah-choo!...I think I'm allergic to exercise! In the AM on the weekends and in the PM during the week (when I get home from work).

2. ABSOLUTELY! I'm not getting all that gunk I'm cleaning up on my hands! Oooo, yuck! Not to mention all those cleaning chemicals! Do you know exactly what they can do to you short term and/or long term? I'm not taking any chances.

3. No. Waste of money.

4. When I used to use body scrubs, I used a pouf.

5. No. An even bigger waste of money.

@beautytester - A good place to find workout DVDs is collagevideo dot com.

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I love that you said "watching" pilates videos, not engaging in the exercise. I love working out at home. I basically have a personal Hot Yoga studio up in our loft (no AC with a skylight... it gets very hot up there). I like to change it up so some days I use the malibu pilates char, other days it's the quick 20 minute Jillian Michaels DVD, Yoga... depending on my mood & how motivated I am I'll go for a run before I workout.

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1. I work out in the mornings on the week and and around 4:30 during the week. I work out around my work schedule. i use to work late at night when I was in college, but I found the later in the evening I work out, the harder it is to fall asleep that night.

2. I dont wear gloves for chores, but I always think about it after the fact lol. I rarely do my nails anyways, so it doesn't mess up my manicures. Plus I find that if I clean with bleach (diluted of course) the white part of my natural nails will look whiter and nicer.

3. I have slept with a hari mask in before, and I wrapped my head in a plasteic bag and secured my hair in place, so that it wouldnt get everywhere. It worked fairly well.

4. I usually use scrubs with a gentle washcloth, which seems to work well.

5. I dont use these products, but I hear that the products themselves tdo little to help cellulite, its actually the rubbing in of the products that has a positive effect.

5. Yes/No I'm so bad at using them 2x a day. & Yes if you stop using them, the toning goes away. Basically the caffeine in the creams work to 'Plump" the skin. The more you use it the better it will work. When you stop, the plumping will go down. Cellulite is one of those things you really can't change. I know marathon runners who only eat healthy (meaning they NEVER cheat with a piece of cake) and still have cellulite. Granted it's not as bad as a lazy person's but it's still visible.

3- Nope, I like to go to bed with only serum + moisturizer on my face and hair masks make my fine hair look greasy.

4-I use a puff for scrubs.

5-I don't have stretch marks since my weight has stayed pretty much the same all my life, though it is less now since I went vegan. I'm also blessed by not having much cellulite (please don't hate me) and what I do have I ignore or disguise with self tanner. I have always been curious to see if those body toners do work, I just love the scientific/experimental part of beauty!

1. I exercise at night... martial arts classes However, because I work night shift, it is technically morning for me, because I'm just waking up! I don't think there's anything wrong with exercising before bedtime, but make sure you have an hour or two of 'cool-down' time before going to sleep, otherwise you can easily get muscle cramps or restless leg issues. Eating a protein snack after exercising and before sleep is a good idea, so your blood sugar won't drop while you're asleep!

2. Sometimes. Definitely if I'm using cleaning chemicals, I get contact dermatitis to a ridiculously large number of products.

3. Sometimes, but only if its something that won't get on my pillow, like my Vitamin E Mask from the Body Shop or my Korres Greek Yogurt Sleeping Facial. Not sure if Tarte Maracuja Oil counts, but I put that on overnight very frequently as well.

4. Bare hands- I use a scrub about once a week. How often are you using scrubs?

5. No. Between running around nuts in my job in the ER, and probably about 6-9 hours of martial arts a week, I am pretty much all muscle

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hahahaha, I feel like I might be arrested on BT for posting too many lolanimal pictures. But, as they say, picture speaks a thousand word, and it's quite adequate for what I want to express.

I wore gloves today cuz there's simply too many dishes to wash (how did me, by myself, accumulated 3 sinkful of dishes? oh right, cuz I was doing some experimental cooking this week....=.=). I took them off half way cuz I'm paranoid. The dishes are declared clean only if I can feel that squeak when I run my fingers on it.